Saturday, September 2, 2017

Ex-coal executive to lead nation's top mine safety agency

September 02, 2017 at 07:49PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Donald Trump has chosen as the nation's top mine safety official the former CEO of a coal company that repeatedly clashed with federal regulators when the Obama administration tried to boost industry-wide enforcement following the deadliest U.S. mine disaster in four decades.

The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports Trump nominated former Rhino Resources executive David G. Zatezalo as assistant secretary of labor for the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration.

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